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Definition: hydroxy-coumarin
Umbelliferone
\Um`bel*lif"er*one\, n. (Chem.)
A tasteless white crystalline substance,
C9H6O3, found in
the bark of a certain plant (
Daphne Mezereum), and also
obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the
Umbellifer[ae], as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is
analogous to coumarin. Called also
hydroxy-coumarin.
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